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Gannan ཀན་ལྷོ། Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Gannan ཀན་ལྷོ། Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

The Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in southern Gansu Province, on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Often described as a gateway to Amdo Tibet, Gannan offers vast grasslands, important monasteries, nomadic culture, and a quieter, less-visited Tibetan […]

Jiuzhaigou Valley: The “Fairyland on Earth” གཟི་ཚ་སྡེ་དགུ

Jiuzhaigou Valley: The “Fairyland on Earth” གཟི་ཚ་སྡེ་དགུ

Jiuzhaigou Valley (九寨沟, “Nine Village Valley”) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Sichuan Province, China. It is famed for its staggeringly colorful lakes, multi-level waterfalls, snow-capped peaks, and Tibetan & Qiang villages. Location: Administratively in Sichuan, but geographically […]

Rebkong Shaman Festival 2026 རེབ་གོང་ཀླུ་རོལ། 热贡六月会

Rebkong Shaman Festival 2026 རེབ་གོང་ཀླུ་རོལ། 热贡六月会

The Shaman Festival in Rebkong (also known as Tongren, located in Qinghai Province, China) is a traditional celebration that holds deep cultural and spiritual significance for the local Tibetan and Mongolian communities. Rebkong, renowned for its Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and […]

Amdo Monlam Festival 2027: Complete Guide to Tibet’s Great Prayer Celebration

Amdo Monlam Festival 2027: Complete Guide to Tibet’s Great Prayer Celebration

History The Monlam Festival (Tibetan: སྨོན་ལམ།, meaning “Prayer Festival”), also known as the Great Prayer Festival, is one of the most important religious festivals in Tibetan Buddhism, particularly in the Amdo region of Tibet (present-day Qinghai Province). It is celebrated […]